Travel and Tourism
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Putrajaya , the administrative capital of Kuala Lumpur 25 Km south of Kuala Lumpur is made out of a former Palm Oil plantation. A complete city with its own man made lake, schools, hotels, commercial space and of course residential areas, is meant only for the civil servants who run Malaysia. It is easily accessible by Read more
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During my recent trip to Malaysia we visited the Royal Selangor Pewter factory. It was not always Royal Selangor but started out as an ordinary cottage industry and has now grown into the largest pewter factory in the world. I have several pieces of pewter (dusty beer mugs, some salt cellars and candelabra) which were Read more
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The name’s Bond, James Bond This is the classic introduction of James Bond, Royal Navy Commander, a fictional secret service agent created by Ian Fleming in the early 50’s. Many of us have grown up with films of this dashing, spymaster as he fought the cold war with gadgets and gizmos and a dash of Read more

